Essential Questions:

Math:
What were the ages of kids working?
How many hours made up a work day?
How many days did they work a week?
What was their hourly pay?
What were they making a day?
What were they making a week?
What was their standard of work and living?
Why children?
How does this compare to the minimum wage for children in America?

Science:
What is pollution?
What has to be compromised in order to become sick?
How do unsafe working conditions affect human health?
How did the different types of pollution contribute to overall environment?
Why is pollution a danger to the human body?
What is global warming?
How can we as individuals help to stop global warming and pollution?

Social Studies:
What were the problems that workers faced?
What types of industries employ child labor?
What laws or legislations have passed to protect chilren's rights?
Where are these issues occuring today?
Why did these problems occur?
Why is it important to be aware of child labor abuse?
How did people organize to create change?
How was child labor abused?
How can we help people who face these struggles?

English:
What did literary artists of the time wrote about to express the struggles of the time period?
How did writer's use persuasive writing to advocate for change?
How do the struggles of the past relate to today's world?
How did society contribute to the plight of factory workers?
Why is it important to write about working class struggles?
Why has this writing survived time?
Why could writing about working class struggles still be relevant today?

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